Okay so I admit I was bit disappointed with the lack of Klaroline, but we did get that last scene of Tyler finding the drawing...which she kept...because she thinks Klaus is awesome...secretly...lol

Caroline found herself entrapped in Klaus' arms when she awoke. Her whole body was pressed up against him in a warm embrace, his head rested slightly on hers.

Caroline gazed at his sleeping form. He looked almost like an innocent child in his sleep. As she looked on at him, she wondered how many people had ever seen Klaus in this form. Not threatening and evil, but vulnerable and kind. She smiled letting herself run her eyes over all his features.

"Has anyone ever told you it's very creepy to stare at someone while they are sleeping, love?"

Caroline let out a little squeak of surprise.

Klaus opened his eyes and gazed at his blonde angel. Her whole face had taken on a light shade of pink. It was quite becoming, actually.

"Did you sleep well?" His voice lost its sarcastic tone.

Caroline nodded absently, tugging at her own dog chain in embarrassment. Why oh why did she have to get herself in trouble like this again?

"Is there something wrong, Caroline?" Klaus swept strands of Caroline's hair behind her ear.

Caroline was not about to tell him about watching him sleep. So instead, she asked him something else that she had pondered about earlier.

"Klaus….why were you crying yesterday? At the Eiffel Tower?"

Klaus froze. Caroline was afraid she had stepped too far, until he let out a sad laugh.

"Not too many people have cared about how I feel…" he mused out loud. "I apologize, Caroline, if I am not good with explaining my emotions…."

She smiled, giving him her consent to continue.

"Yesterday, as we were sitting there waiting for the sun to rise, I remembered every time I had come to Paris. Some of those times before the Tower was build, many other times after when I would sit in the ledge were we sat yesterday. I remembered how every time I came here, I was always unspeakably angry and sad. I remember terrorizing innocent humans here, just trying to feel some sort of peace. Peace was never something I had felt since I was turned. You may well know, Caroline, that vampires have the ability to shut off their emotions…that is true but after centuries I found that it was impossible to always have that ability work."

He paused for a moment to gaze at Caroline. The look was so full of love and adoration that Caroline blushed another shade of pink.

"Until we sat up there yesterday. I realized for the first time that I was at peace and happy. Even after accomplishing my goal of completing the sacrifice and creating new hybrids, I was never happy. You…you gave me that happiness and that peace, Caroline. My family has never given me any of that, I admit I perhaps made that difficult. My father made me believe that those things were not possible for someone like me. But you have given it to me, Caroline! You've made me understand what it's like to be someone's first choice. You may not realize it at all, but you have. And I will be spending forever making it up to you."

Caroline simply gazed at Klaus in response. The fact that Klaus had just given her this confession…the fact that he thought he was indebted to her for all his joy…made a response almost impossible to bring up.

Klaus took Caroline's silence the wrong way. A wave of disappointment washed over his face and he cleared his throat.

"Well um…I'll get you some breakfast then," he quickly untangled himself around Caroline and left for the kitchen.

Caroline laid there for a few moments before following suit. She felt disgusted at herself. Klaus gave her so much comfort last night when she opened up to him. But when he opened up to her, she just remained silent.

She found him making coffee, his shoulders looked slumped as he poured water in the coffee machine.

Of course, he heard her.

"Would you like decaf?" his voice came out with a sullen tone.

Without really thinking about it, Caroline crossed the kitchen and had her arms wrapped around his torso, her hands resting on the front of his naked chest.

"Thank you for telling me, Klaus. Thank you for your unnecessary kindness and being there for me, I really don't deserve it," and with a quick kiss on his back she sped off back to the bedroom.


He found her at her vanity, trying to brush out the knots in her hair.

She stopped when she saw him through the mirror. He had dressed in a tight white shirt, giving her a wonderful view of all his toned muscles.

He walked over to her and gently removed the brush from her hand.

"May I?" he asked softly. Caroline nodded.

She could barely feel the strokes as Klaus gently removed every knot from her hair. She wondered if he had often done this to other woman he had….well dated.

As if reading her thoughts, a smile crossed his face. "Before we were turned into vampires, my siblings and I all had longer hair. Rebekah's was the longest, of course. I did this on a regular basis."

Caroline wanted to bash herself for putting "other women" in that category.

"Well, no offense, but I think I like your hair better like this."

He smirked at that.

They were silent again for some time before Klaus spoke up again.

"You do deserve it, Caroline. I wish someday you will realize how much you deserve everything good in life. I will give it all to you."

"I'm not really used to people telling me I deserve good things. I'm always second choice."

A fierce look passed Klaus' features. "Not to me you're not. You arre always first choice to me."

A look was passed between them then. To Caroline, it was a look of understanding. Caroline was starting to finally put the pieces together of why Klaus was drawn to her and he watched as the realization formed in her head.

He saw himself in her.

They were interrupted by sounds of knocking on the door.

"I will get that," Klaus gave the brush back and quickly went to the door.

After a few seconds of recollection, she rose and followed him.

"What's that?" she asked Klaus as he picked up a rather large envelope.

Klaus opened it and quickly read through its contents. He looked up with a dark look in his eyes.

"It's also addressed to you but, the answer is no," he handed the letter to a very confused Caroline.

Caroline Forbes and Niklaus Mikaelson

You are cordially invited to the 373rd Gathering

Please arrive at 7pm tonight at the usual place dressed to perfection

Bring this invitation as your ticket in

"Klaus, what's a Gathering?" Caroline followed Klaus back into the kitchen.

"Eat up, love, your food's getting cold," Klaus stuffed a large bite of toast into his mouth, clearing not wanting to discuss it.

Caroline reached out and grabbed the toast away from him, slightly getting angry.

"What is a Gathering?" she asked more directly.

Klaus glared as he swallowed.

"A Gathering…" he rose and went to the sink, facing away from her. "…is an annual party where vampires from all over the city, surrounding areas gather at a host's home and "hang out" as you would say. Each city has its own Gathering at different times of the year."

He walked back over to the invitation, staring at it.

"The last time I went to one of these was in the 18th century in Moscow. Elijah and Rebekah forced me to go…"

"How do they know where you are?"

Klaus shrugged. "There are vampires around who make it their duty to know where all vampires reside during the month before the Gathering."

"Why haven't you gone for so long?" Caroline was suddenly very curious.

"The Originals are invited every year. You would not believe the amount of attention we get when we go…of course it's odd that they would still invite me…being a hybrid."

"Would I find it fun?"

Klaus looked up to finally meet Caroline's excited eyes.

"Miss Forbes, I know exactly what you are up to and the answer is no! You have no idea what you would be getting yourself into, these vampires are centuries old and you make one wrong move, and you would wish you never went."

"I can handle myself! Besides it looks cool and it'd give me a chance to meet other people. I mean, if I'm going to live forever, I might as well meet people I'll be spending forever with."

Klaus gave her a small shake of the head.

Caroline huffed. "Fine! If you're so chicken to meet with a bunch of vampires half your age, then I'll just go myself!"

She turned and fled the room, before she was stopped by a barrier.

"I said you are not going," Klaus stood firm before her.

"And I said I am! You don't get to boss me around, Klaus!"

They stood there, glaring at each other, refusing to be the first one to look away.

"Please Klaus….." Caroline saw his shoulders start to sag in defeat at her desperate voice.

"Klaus…I promise I'll do nothing stupid and we can be the first ones to leave if you want. Just let me go….it'll be fun…." She put on her best puppy dog face, eyes large and sad.

That seemed to do him in. He growled.

"Caroline, you win. We will go to this stupid Gathering just this once…"

He was cut off by Caroline's loud shrieking. She threw herself on him. "Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!" she yelled over and over again.

He could not help but laugh at her joyful face. He began to lift her off of him from under her arms before she flung off in a state of giggles.

"Don't touch me there, I'm super tickle…" she clapped a hand over her mouth.

A mischievous look appeared in Klaus' eyes. "Sweetheart, are you telling me you are ticklish right…" he sped over to her and tickled her right below her armpits. "…here?"

"No! No!" she giggled as she ran from him.

Gathering forgotten, Klaus chased Caroline around the penthouse. He'd grab her, tickle her until she cried laughing, before she'd escape again.

"Klaus, stop! Please stop!" she laughed, trying to block her arms from his hands.

She threw herself on the bed, curling herself into a ball in defeat, laughing her head off.

Klaus pounced on her, tickling her tirelessly until she was flat down against him, their laughing smiles facing each other.

And in that moment Klaus forgot any promises he had made with himself. He forgot all promises that he would wait for her to make the first move. All he saw was the love of his life smiling up at him, all giddy from their chase, and without any second thought, he took her face and kissed her passionately.

Caroline froze. It was as if every alert button in her brain had been pushed. She wasn't ready for this. She should be horrified. She should push him off of her right now. She couldn't feel this way about a hybrid. A hybrid who was evil and threatened everyone. She shouldn't be wrapping her arms around his neck, inviting him in. She shouldn't be kissing him back, as if she wanted this as much as him. She shouldn't…she couldn't…

It was too late. Caroline Forbes was a lost cause.

She kissed him back. Her arms swept down his back, grabbing hold of him for dear life. When they opened their mouths to each other, Caroline let out a faint whimper. God, he was perfect! How come they hadn't done this sooner?

Klaus wanted to touch every inch of her. His hands were in hair, her neck, her chest. His lips left hers to kiss her along her neck. He smirked as he heard little gasps escape her mouth every time he planted a kiss. Her hands were suddenly tracing through his hair, causing a satisfied moan out of him as he attacked her lips once more.

They feasted off of each other, moans of delight coming from each as they finally indulged into their desire. Their hands were everywhere on each other, their legs tangled together. Klaus flipped them so Caroline was on top, the sight of her wild blond hair around his face entrancing him.

She was the first to pull back. She laid her head on his chest, taking deep breaths, trying to keep her control of mind. He planted kisses in her hair, not wanting to stop touching her.

"You're so beautiful…" he whispered, causing a shiver of want to pass through Caroline.

He rose up from their lying position, holding Caroline close to him as she crossed her legs around his torso. He took her chin and raised it up so her eyes met his own.

"I am sorry Caroline….I could not resist," he murmured softly, anticipation in his eyes.

She smiled in return, giving him a light, but loving kiss. "Don't be…that was bound to happen at some point."


At 6:50, Klaus and Caroline arrived at the hotel. Holding her hand, he led her into the front doors.

"Maria Ray is our host. She always takes this hotel's ballrooms as her Gathering spot."

Caroline stopped. "Wait…ballroomsss?"

Klaus laughed and gave her a long kiss. It was becoming increasingly difficult to keep his hands off of her. "Yes, sweetheart, ballrooms. You never know how many vampires will attend."

Klaus handed the invitation at the front doors of a golden colored ballroom, before turning to a petrified looking Caroline.

"Klaus, what if no one likes me?"

Klaus took her face in his hands. "Darling, everyone will love you. And if anyone shows signs of anything less, they will have to deal with me, alright?"

Caroline smiled. He really was perfect in his own way.

"And you do look ravishing, Caroline. I'm being put to the test tonight."

The purple dress was divine. It fit tight around her chest and torso, before spilling down in large waves to the floor. Caroline's cleavage showed a tad more than she liked, but after seeing Klaus' approving look, she decided it was perfect.

They entered a rather full ballroom where most everyone was dancing. A strikingly beautiful brunette woman came rushing to the door. Caroline guessed she was in her 30s…or a 30 year old body.

"Niklaus Mikaelson! Can it really be you! It's been decades!"

Klaus bowed and gave the woman a kiss on her outstretched hand.

"Maria, it is an honor to be here and to see you again. May I present my companion, Caroline Forbes."

Maria turned her gaze onto Caroline, who awkwardly curtsied.

"What a lovely girl! Much prettier than that other nasty one you brought a century ago, Lucy was it?"

Caroline turned to look at Klaus, who had suddenly gone quite expressionless.

Maria was still talking.

"But, no matter, welcome to Paris' Gathering! I suppose you were the one to bring him here, he hardly ever comes out of his man cave," she winked at her.

Caroline smiled. "Yes, that's correct."

"Well, do enjoy your time here! I have to run and meet some more guests, but come talk to me later, won't you!" Maria gave Caroline another wink before rushing to the front door.

Klaus hadn't said anything since Maria's mention of that name.

"Klaus?"

Klaus seemed to brush off a bad memory before turning to face Caroline with a smile.

"I am fine, darling. Maria just brought back some not so lovely memories, I'm afraid. Would you like to dance?"

He held out his hand to her. Caroline decided Lucy was a topic of discussion for another night. She was not about to ruin her fun night with Klaus.

"Of course I would."

They held each other close on the dance floor as a slow song picked up. Caroline noticed many vampires were gazing at herself and Klaus, in complete awe and sometimes confusion.

"Aren't you going to introduce me to other people here?"

Klaus pulled her tighter. "I will, but I would like to have you all to myself for a little longer, if you don't mind."

When the song ended, Klaus walked Caroline over to a seat.

"Would you like a drink?"

Caroline nodded, the mention of some drinks making her throat ache for some.

It was right after Klaus disappeared in the crowd when Caroline heard the man's voice.

"Hello Caroline…I see you have worn my dress…"


At the same moment, Klaus stood at the refreshment table, pouring Caroline and himself each a glass full of rich A negative.

"Niklaus, what a…surprise to see you here…" a seductive female voice rang out from directly behind him.

He grasped his wineglass furiously in an attempt to control himself.

"Lucy."

EEK! Things are gonna get scary the next few chapters...evil Klaus is coming! We can all guess what will happen if Lucy and Dominic dare hurt Caroline...